Block 16
How Five BoU Top Officials Convened Strategies To Handle Supreme Court Appeal On Sudhir Ruparelia
On October 28, a team of five top officials of Bank of Uganda (BoU), convened to strategize on how they could effectively handle the Supreme Court appeal involving city property mogul, Sudhir Ruparelia and Crane Bank in receivership. The group was led by deputy bank governor, Mr Michael Atingi-Ego, met under a gathering dubbed “meeting…
Grief As Kampala Parents Deputy Principal Succumbs to Pneumonia
The deputy principal Kampala Parents School in charge of academic affairs Odoi Leopold is dead. The school says Odoi who died yesterday on Monday succumbed to broncho pneumonia which resulted into difficulty in breathing coupled with recurrent hypertension. He has been buried today at his ancestral home in Ivumbangabo in Bugiri district. The school said…
UWA Backs Africa Kwetu Fuel Economy Tour 2020
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has authorized the organisers of the Africa Kwetu Fuel Economy Tour in the western districts of Uganda due November 20-22, 2020 ago ahead. Uganda Wildlife Authority official Steven Masaba confirmed the development at a press briefing held on Tuesday 17, 2020 at Hotel Triangle on Buganda Road in Kampala. “We shall…
Bernard Oundo Elected New President Of East Africa Law Society
Lawyer Bernard Oundo is the new President elect for East African Law Society in an election held today Courtroom Mail reports. In an election held on Monday, Oundo garnered 793 votes Edwin Tabaro 430 and late comer Anne Abeja polled 179 votes respectively. Bernard aspired for the presidency of the East Africa Law Society (“EALS”)…
M7 Urges Acholi Leaders To support Private Investors For More Jobs Creation
National Resistance Movement ‘NRM’ Presidential Candidate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on NRM leaders to support investors so as the country can have more jobs. Museveni was this afternoon addressing the NRM leaders of East Acholi in Kitgum drawn from the districts of Kitgum, Pader, Agago and Lamwo. The President commended the people of Acholi…
LDU Officer Sentenced 30 Years In Jail For Murder
Third Division Court Martial (3rd DCM) sitting at the division headquarters in Moroto district, has sentenced AX025675 LDU (Local Defence Unit) Logwang Apakuto to a 30-year imprisonment for shooting dead a civilian in Kotido district. Prosecution led by Lieutenant Hamuzah Mulike Hirya informed court that LDU Logwang Apakuto unlawfully caused the death of Lokong Ahmed…
Aceng To Museveni: Take Your Incompetent RDC Out Of Lira
There was drama at Lira Golf Course on Sunday evening when the Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng asked president, Yoweri Museveni to take away the Lira Resident District Commissioner, Milton Odongo. Museveni was meeting NRM youth delegates from Lango sub-region following their botched meeting on November 8th, 2020. All was well until Aceng…
Covid-19 Crisis: Over 40 Students In Masaka Test Positive
At least 45 students from two schools in Masaka district have tested positive for the Coronavirus disease-COVI19. The affected students are mainly from the boarding section. Dr. Nathan Onyach, the Director- Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, says the students are admitted at the COVID-19 Treatment Centre. Onyach said the surveillance team is still tracing all contacts to contain the…
Frustrated Democratic Party Vows To Discipline Party Leaders For Supporting Kyagulanyi Over Mao
The Democratic Party has threatened to reprimand party leaders and supporters backing rival candidates against their presidential candidate and president general, Norbert Mao. This comes amidst sharp division in Uganda’s oldest political party over Mao’s candidature. It follows a decision by some party members including seniors to support the National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate, Robert…